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f Letters Patent No. 65,995, daad .new 25, 1867,

IMPROVEMENT IN HARNESS-SADDLES.

yT0 ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, VALENTINE Bonsa, of No. 269 Bowery, in the city of New York, and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Saddles for Harness and I declare the following to be a full and exact description thereof, reference vbeing had to the accompanying drawing, forming part of this specificatiomin which drawing- Figure 1 represents a longitudinal and vertical section taken through the bridge of the saddle.

Figure 2 is a. top view. i

Figure 3 is a top view of one of the pads. Y

The object of this vinvention is to effect Aan improvement in saddles for harness whereby'they will be better adapted for successful us`eand be simplified in construction. Among other particulars embraced in my invention are the shape and mode of arranging and constructing the pads Vwhichcome in contact with ,the back of ahorse; also the construction andA arrangement of the hooks that support the bearing-chains, which hooks are removablev so as to allowthebearing-chains or their equivalent to go across or over the top of the saddle in a bridge or covered way; also means for protecting the ends of the metallic mouutings of the saddle, and of its bridge, and

.holdingv them down in their places; also in placing cross-barsbetween the sides of the bridge for the double purpose of holding such sides and of providing nuts for `the terrets and the check-hook.

The letter A designates a saddle made according to my invention, having a hollow bridge, B, extending from end to end on its upper side, through which bridge'the bearing-chain or chains or their equivalent may be passed when the hooks C hereinafter mentioned are not used. The letters Gr G designate the pads of the saddle. They are provided with a plate or rib, J, that goes across at the middle of their length, said ribs being made with inclinations that incline towards each end, leaving a ridge in the middle at the place where the pads are severally attached to the saddle. In this example the mode ci' such attachment is by means ofjoints K K, one on each side of the under surface of the saddle, which xtend downwards into sockets L L made in the ridges of the pads where the joints are secured by pins, as shown in iig. 1. From the under surface of the saddle, on each side of the joints K K, project lguide-pins H H, which enter holes I I, formed in the pads, as-shown in the drawing. The ellect of this construction and arrangement is to allow the pads to adjust themselves to the back of the horse., and prevent the pads from becoming displaced or from'being turned out of their'proper position, and tosave the joints from being wrenche'd and broken. The inclinations o f the plates ori-ibs .I of the pads are in straight lines, so that when the pads turn s uflieiently to bring either one of their inclined faces in contact with the under surface of the saddle, the support of the saddlewill be square aud'iirm. The saddle is provided with hooks C C, one at either end of the hollow bridge or pier B, as shown in the drawing. These hooks are removable, and when removed they leave the two ends of the hollow bridge open to allow a. bearing-chain or` chains or their equivalent to be passed through the same so as to extend across vthe saddle, as is preferred by some persons. f The Shanks of the hooks C enter the ends of the hollow bridge B, and are so formed that they lill up the ends, and give the hooks a solid bearing, and the extremities of the Shanks are carried backwards or inwards far enough to come beneath the places of the terrets D D, so as to enable the bolt-ends `(which have screw-threads cut on them) of such terrets to be used to fasten the Shanks of said hooks in their proper places. The screw or bolt-ends of the terrets first go through cross-bars N N tha-t go across the hollow bridge at these points to stiifen the same, and give suliicient or proper strength thereto. By this construction and arrangement the same nuts, to wit, the `cross-bars which hold the teri'ets D D, are made use of to hold the hooks in their places. In addition to this nieans of holding the hooks, I use also pins, which go through holes M M, made through the sides `of the hollow bridge or pier B, and through the forward part of the body of said hooks. I place a like cross-bar, N, at the summit of the bridge, where the checkhook is located. Each end of the hollow bridge or pier, B, is covered by means of 'a shield or cap, E, as shown in the drawing. Itis so formed as to lap4 over the ends of the bridge and cover and coniine in place the extremities of the metallic mountings O O P P of the bridge, and of the body of the saddle respectively, being itself secured to the saddle by means of pins or screws that go into the body of the saddle through ears e e, which are for-med by bending the sides of theshield downwards along each side of the hollow bridge. The mountings O O along the edges of -the bridge are held l down .by the parts g g of. said cap or shield, and the mountings P P of the bodjracf the saddle are held'byhooks ff that project forward trom` the. eers e e. By these means the ends of the severalmountings are held to their places Without requiring the use of nails or screws at these points, and a better nish is given thereto, and at less expense thanY by the means commonly used. Each shield or cap has also :t hinged lid, that projects over and beyond the end of the hollow bridge and over 4thehooks C, so as to protect the latter from being interfered with, and prevent the loop or link of the bearing-chain from being detached from the hook. In fig. 2 the lid is Supposed to be removed from both of the shields or caps E E.

I herebyr disclaim the inventions patented by L. T. A.'Leurs, and by H. A. Rains, on the third of 'May, 1864, and the thirteenth of November, 1866, respectively; but, having. thusdescribed my invention, what I elaine, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1`. I cla-im the removable hooks C C, adapted and arranged kto and with the hollow bridge or pier B, substantially as set forth, so that the saddle can be used witlf'or Without the hooks. *i

2. I also claim the use of the terrots D D, for securing the hooks C C in the ends of the hollow bridge of the saddle, substantially as set forth.

The a-hove speoioationsigned by me this third ley of.l)eeember, 1866. l i

VALENTIN BORST.

Witnesses: i

W. HAUFF, J. VAN SANTvoonD. 

